Lyman Conservatory in all its spring splendor

Welcome to the Minnesota Smith Club Web site!

Our 2008 annual meeting on April 12 was wonderful. Sherrill Redmon, head of the Sophia Smith collection at Smith described for us what is an internationally recognized repository for the historical experience of women. It documents the lives of individual women and families and the work of organizations whose focus is women and women’s issues through letters, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, minutes, reports, publications, and oral histories—9,500 linear feet of material! Sherrill’s presentation, “Creating Women’s History: the Sophia Smith Collection” was fascinating and made us realize that here was another great resource at Smith that most of us failed to explore. (But it’s not too late! The collection is open to everyone.)

We’re looking forward to an especially grand Smith Day 2008 because it’s our 75th anniversary. Please join us for the Diamond Jubilee on Saturday, September 6. See the Smith Day page for more details. And don’t forget to volunteer and donate merchandise now.

On Sunday, November 2, President Carol Christ will join us in Minneapolis for a celebration of the inaugural year of our Oral History Project. A busy committee and cadre of interviewers have been planning and recording the history of 16 distinguished alumnae from our area for months. The result of their work will be a stunning book of these histories, complete with pictures, which will debut at this special event. Put it on your calendar!

If you’re new to the area, visit our Officers page and please be in touch. Our club is large, active, and most important, lots of fun. We look forward to welcoming you.